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Varnish Season

5/30/2015

 
Spring is speeding by.  We're only about 3 weeks away from the longest daylight period of the year.  Consequently I have been varnishing with a careful intensity.  The spring sunlight seems to be at a perfect angle for curing varnish without overheating the instruments.  Here are the instruments currently in the works.


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The left violin and the second to the right are recent varnish candidates.  Notice how their appearance is quite different from each other.  They represent the distinctive nature I try to bring out in each instrument.  I am trying to envison how the white one will look when varnished.  Until I do so, I don't think I can start the process.  I think I will use a dark amber varnish with very little colour added.

It looks like I will be varnishing well into July as the cello remains "in the white" and won't get started until late June.

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